How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster
This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom.
Inside Climate News reports that this story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom.
Eight years ago, at the height of the shale-oil boom, a committee of industry giants and public officials unveiled a bold plan to make Corpus Christi “drought proof.” With this plan, a consultant explained to city.
This environment story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Beat Drought Drove Corpus, Brink of Disaster and Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate.
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